10 Facts About Anton Goosen

Anton Goosen became a pivotal figure in Afrikaans music and is generally regarded as the father of Afrikaans Rock.

In 1963, Anton Goosen was expelled from boarding school after being caught in a bath playing guitar and smoking.

Anton Goosen's guitar was confiscated and its case filled with bricks.

Anton Goosen attended the Teachers Training College Heidelberg, and qualified in Special Education after which he taught school for awhile, and worked as a writer and reviewer for Beeld, before becoming a full-time song writer.

Anton Goosen wrote songs for other artists, most notably and prodigiously for Sonja Herholdt, but for Carike Keuzenkamp, Laurika Rauch, Richard Clayderman, Francis Goya, and Koos Kombuis.

Anton Goosen released his own first album, Boy Van Die Suburbs, in 1979, and it sold over 80,000 copies.

Anton Goosen was noted for being the first to produce an album of his own works entirely in Afrikaans.

Anton Goosen used irony and symbolism in his songs to protest against removals to Bantustans and to underline the injustices behind the Soweto riots.

Anton Goosen is noted for two films for which he wrote music and directed: n Brief vir Simone and Sing vir die Harlekyn.

Anton Goosen wrote the theme music for Die Laaste Tango, n Pawpaw vir my Darling and Siembamba.